Wilsford 49 (Goddard) |
| Hob Uid: 943481 | |
Location :
Wiltshire
Wilsford cum Lake
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| Grid Ref : SU1097540097 |
| Summary : Bronze Age bowl barrow, listed by Grinsell as Wilsford 49, and part of the Lake Group of barrows recorded as SU 14 SW 51. Excavated by the Reverend Duke in the early 19th century, there is some confusion over the correlation of various numbering schemes. It may have contained just a primary cremation with bronze dagger but, according to Colt Hoare, Duke also found some unusual carved bone objects in this barrow. The barrow is extant as an earthwork mound 1.5m high, and appears rather square in plan as a result of truncation by ploughing, which has levelled any surrounding ditch. |
More information : `N' - SU 10974009; Wilsford 49, a bowl barrow 120ft in diameter and 3.5ft high. Grinsell has correlated this barrow to Colt Hoare's barrow 20. (1)
Wilsford 49, a 1m high bowl barrow. It has been ploughed and is now rather square in plan. Published 1:2500 survey revised. (2)
There is confusion over the correlation of this barrow to Colt Hoare's and the Rev. E. Duke's barrow numbers. Grinsell (1) has correlated it to Colt Hoare's barrow 20. Goddard (3) to Colt Hoare's barrow 17 (Duke's barrow 3) which contained a cremation and a dagger within an oblong cist. However finds listed in the Devizes Museum catalogue, including a bronze awl, two miniature vessels, four gold discs, amber beads and two amber pendants could have also come from this barrow or from either Wilsford 47 (SU 14 SW 470) or Wilsford 50 (SU 14 SW 473). (4)
Additional reference. (5)
The barrow is visible as a very slight earthwork on aerial photographs, and has been mapped by both RCHME's Salisbury Plain Training Area NMP and EH's Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project. (6)
This is a broad, low (1.5m high) bowl barrow with no sign of a surrounding ditch; ploughing has undoubtedly truncated its edges. The confusion of Duke's excavation records for these barrows continues, as it is not at all certain that Grinsell's solution (Authority 1) is correct; the unusual carved bone objects found by Duke may have come from this barrow. (7)
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